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What is a Holographic Wormhole?

A holographic wormhole is a theoretical construct used in physics to simplify some of the most complex problems in the universe, where quantum mechanics (the science of the very small) and general relativity (the science of the very large) intersect. These areas often involve black holes and require a way to merge these two theories, which traditionally do not align well.

How Does Quantum Computing Help?

Quantum computing provides a unique advantage in simulating phenomena where traditional computing fails to capture the nuances of quantum mechanics. Here’s how it aids in simulating a holographic wormhole:

• Quantum Entanglement: Quantum computers use principles like quantum entanglement, where particles become interconnected and the state of one (whether it’s spin, position, etc.) can depend on the state of another, no matter the distance between them.
• Simplifying Complex Systems: By simulating a wormhole, quantum computers allow physicists to bypass the need for general relativity, focusing instead on quantum effects that can act as a substitute for gravitational effects.

The Experiment by Maria Spiropulu and Team

Maria Spiropulu at Caltech, using Google’s Sycamore quantum computer, conducted an experiment to simulate a holographic wormhole. Here are some key takeaways:

• Simulation Details: They simulated a type of wormhole that theoretically could allow a message (in this case, a quantum state) to pass from one black hole to another.
• Quantum Teleportation: The message’s journey through the wormhole was not a literal passage but a quantum teleportation, where a qubit in a superposition state (both 0 and 1) was transmitted between entangled particles.

A Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks and to cut unemployment benefits — part of a push by Republicans to remove constraints on employers and reduce aid for injured and unemployed workers.

The House Labor and Industrial Relations panel advanced the child labor legislation, House Bill 156, along with House Bill 119, which would slash the amount of time for which people can collect unemployment aid. A third bill the committee approved, House Bill 529, would change how workers' compensation wages are calculated in ways that could reduce benefits received by some injured laborers.

The bills, which head to the full House, are part of a broad effort by Republicans to weaken labor unions and strengthen employers' hands in Louisiana. They are aligned with steps other Republican-led legislatures have taken in recent years, and on Thursday, GOP lawmakers attributed the moves to Gov. Jeff Landry's directive to "reform" the business environment and remove bureaucratic red tape.

First-term state Rep. Roger Wilder, R-Denham Springs, who sponsored the child labor measure and owns Smoothie King franchises across the Deep South, said he filed the bill in part because children want to work without having to take lunch breaks. He questioned why Louisiana has the requirement while other states where he owns Smoothie King locations, such as Mississippi, don't have them, and criticized people who have questioned the bill's purpose.

Executives at all Samsung Group units will work six days a week from as early as this week in a shift to emergency mode. The move comes as the won's sharp depreciation, rising oil prices and high borrowing costs aggravate business uncertainties after some of the group's mainstay businesses delivered poorer-than-expected results in 2023.

The executives of Samsung Electronics Co., including those in the manufacturing and sales divisions, will work either on Saturday or Sunday following the regular five-day work week, according to Samsung Group officials.

They will review their business strategies and may modify them to adapt to the changing business environment amid mounting gepolitical risks from the prolonged war between Russia and Ukraine and escalating tensions in the Middle East.

“Considering that performance of our major units, including Samsung Electronics Co., fell short of expectations in 2023, we are introducing the six-day work week for executives to inject a sense of crisis and make all-out efforts to overcome it,” said a Samsung Group company executive.

A giant prehistoric snake that was longer than a Tyrannosaurus rex has been unearthed in an Indian mine.

The fossil vertebrae have been proven to be the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever lived, a monster estimated at up to 15 metres (49 feet) in length that prowled the swamps of what is now India around 47 million years ago.

Scientists said on Thursday that they have recovered 27 vertebrae from the snake, including a few still in the same position as they would have been when the reptile was alive.

They said that the snake, which they named Vasuki indicus after the snake king associated with the Hindu deity Shiva, would have looked like a modern-day large python and would not have been venomous.

The proposed law change comes after the BBC reported the case of a mother who spent £30,000 in legal fees to stop her paedophile ex-husband getting access to their daughter.

After hearing the story, Labour MP Harriet Harman tabled an amendment to upcoming legislation.

It covers the most serious sexual offence - rape of a child under 13.

Speaking to BBC News, Ms Harman said paedophiles who were guilty of that crime in the future would be "automatically deprived" of their parental rights.

Some stealthy cancers remain undetected until they have spread from their source to distant organs. Now scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that outperforms pathologists at identifying the origins of metastatic cancer cells that circulate in the body1. The proof-of-concept model could help doctors to improve the diagnosis and treatment of late-stage cancer, and extend people’s lives.

“That’s a pretty significant finding — that it can be used as an assistive tool,” says Faisal Mahmood, who studies AI applications in health care at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

To treat metastatic cancers, doctors need to know where they came from. The origin of up to 5% of all tumours cannot be identified, and the prognosis for people whose primary cancer remains unknown is poor.

One method used to diagnose tricky metastatic cancers relies on tumour cells found in fluid extracted from the body. Clinicians examine images of the cells to work out which type of cancer cell they resemble. For example, breast cancer cells that migrate to the lungs still look like breast cancer cells.

Immigrant Prince Harry has finally renounced one of his last links with the U.K.; his residency status.

Prince Harry has publicly renounced his British residency, in paperwork coinciding with his first public appearance since his sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, was diagnosed with cancer.

Harry spoke via video link on Wednesday at the annual general meeting of Travalyst, the sustainable travel organization he founded in 2019, before quitting the royal family.

As part of the organization’s year-end procedures, it also filed company returns in which Harry officially submitted “new details” in which he declared his “new country/state usually resident” was now the “United States.”

The filings with the U.K. regulatory authority, Companies House, are public records. The Mirror said that the change has been backdated to June 29, 2023, when they were evicted from U.K. home Frogmore Cottage by King Charles.

Surprise! Hades 2 is finally here and playable. Supergiant's hack-and-slash, flirt-with-gods roguelike is a brief technical test away from its Steam early access debut. I've slashed my way through its opening area and first boss and now I need more. Even though it's clearly in an unfinished state, it's good. Like, really good.

A small part of me was a little hesitant to see Supergiant do its first direct sequel. Every game since 2011's Bastion has taken us to completely different worlds with new approaches to combat. I wasn't even a huge fan of Pyre, but I respect any game that is brave enough to mix strategic action with sports game elements à la NBA Jam. Bastion was my favorite until Hades grabbed that torch and brought it into the realm of a roguelike action game wrapped in a story about a family of Greek gods and goddesses.

After playing a few hours of Hades 2, that small part of me has been proven wrong. The world absolutely needed another Hades, and Supergiant is already pushing the first game's satisfying loop even further than before.

Zagreus and the rest of his family are gone. In Hades 2, you play as Melinoë, his staunch young sister, as she descends into the underworld hunting for Chronos, the Titan of Time. Melinoë is just as pissed off as Zagreus—you can press a button to brood after every run—but has a much stronger command over combat from the start.

Reclining seats are one of the most controversial airline amenities. For some, it's a necessity for getting comfortable on long flights. But for others, it's a source of broken laptops, spilled drinks, and mid-flight arguments.

No matter which camp you fall into, it's no secret that personal space in economy has slowly, but surely, eroded over the years. And as airlines release new seat designs, some travelers fear they may be stuck sitting upright in the near future.

When Southwest Airlines recently debuted its new cabins rolling out on planes in 2025, travelers were quick to take to social media complaining about the seemingly thin design. The airline has since confirmed that the new RECARO seats will have the same legroom, seat width, and recline capabilities as its current seating options. However, the internet backlash Southwest initially faced underscores just how protective fliers are over their legroom—what's left of it, that is.

While Southwest passengers can rest easy (for now), the recliner still risks an extinction in economy class as airlines increasingly opt for lighter seats, William McGee, senior fellow for aviation and travel at the American Economic Liberties Project, tells Condé Nast Traveler.

“This trend has been occurring for several years now, and I think it will continue,” says McGee. “Lighter seats are what the airlines want, because with the cost of jet fuel they are always looking to reduce weight onboard.”

“Consumers have been losing much more than seat recline in economy class,” McGee says. “It's just that in this case, losing the ability to recline can be a blessing in disguise for others, because tighter seats have made reclining unfair to fellow passengers.”


Reclining your seats is bad for the fellow passengers behind you, and it can make them unruly. So there is a point where it may be phased out in the future.

It's been a tumultuous few years for Red Lobster. The restaurant shuttered eight locations in 2023, and the investment group that held most of its stakes reported a $22 million loss for the year. Now, the purveyor of Cheddar Bay Biscuits is facing potential bankruptcy.

According to Bloomberg, Red Lobster is considering a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in hopes of restructuring its debts. The company has reportedly received advice from law firm King & Spalding and is hoping to get out of long-term contracts and renegotiate leases in the process.

While Red Lobster's largest investor, Thai Union Group, has yet to sell its majority stakes, the company is seeking an exit route due to "ongoing financial requirements [that] no longer align" with its "allocation priorities."

"After detailed analysis, we have determined that Red Lobster’s ongoing financial requirements no longer align with our capital allocation priorities and therefore are pursuing an exit of our minority investment," said Thiraphong Chansiri, Thai Union Group’s CEO, in a statement earlier this year. He cited the pandemic, labor costs, industry headwinds, rising costs, and high interest rates for Red Lobster's decline.

Even after two back-to-back wet years, California’s water wars are far from over. On Tuesday, state water officials took an unprecedented step to intervene in the destructive pumping of depleted groundwater in the state’s sprawling agricultural heartland.

The decision puts a farming region known as the Tulare Lake groundwater subbasin, which includes roughly 837 sq miles in the rural San Joaquin valley, on “probation” in accordance with a sustainable groundwater use law passed a decade ago. Large water users will face fees and state oversight of their pumping.

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The move, which water officials reassured farmers would be lifted if local agencies progress on developing stronger sustainability plans to mitigate issues, is the first of its kind – but has been years in the making. Over-pumping of groundwater in this region has caused the land to collapse faster than in almost any other area in the country, in some places sinking more than a foot every year. Officials say the Tulare Lake groundwater subbasin failed for years to provide adequate plans to mitigate their well-known water problems.

Such plans are required under California’s 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), a landmark law that required local agencies to come up with their own long-term strategies to curb over-extraction and empowers the state to supervise and enforce them. Probation is a compulsory step to set lagging local agencies back on track to achieve sustainability goals that must be met by 2040.

The Tulare Lake subbasin is one of six the state has put up for possible probation due to inadequate plans, all in the San Joaquin valley, the powerhouse of California’s more than $50bn agricultural industry. The crackdown here has been met with a strong backlash.

The decision followed a nine-hour hearing on Tuesday where farmers protested the economic toll it would take on their industry. They cast the expected fees on their pumping as a devastating blow to the work they do and their ability to do it in the future.

For All Mankind is back for season 5 and Star City will explore the Russian side of the story.

The world of For All Mankind was forever changed when the Soviet Union arrived on the moon before the United States. That one event changed the course of the show’s alternate history, and now we’ll get to see exactly how it happened.

Apple TV+ has just announced that not only is For All Mankind coming back for a fifth season, it’s also getting a spinoff called Star City that will tell the story from the Soviet point of view, starting with them beating America to the moon.

“Our fascination with the Soviet space program has grown with every season of For All Mankind,” executive producers Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi said in a press release. “The more we learned about this secret city in the forests outside Moscow where the Soviet cosmonauts and engineers worked and lived, the more we wanted to tell this story of the other side of the space race. We could not be more excited to continue building out the alternate history universe of For All Mankind with our partners at Apple and Sony.”

Wolpert and Nedivi will showrun the spinoff, but there’s no word on which will come first, season five or the new series.

Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz has been found guilty of injecting dangerous drugs into IV bags at the Baylor Scott & White Surgicare in North Dallas.

The 12-person jury returned guilty verdicts on all 10 counts. The jury reached the guilty verdict after about seven hours of deliberations.

Ortiz was wearing a mask and showed no emotion as the verdict was read.

There were 11 patients who suffered cardiac emergencies, and a fellow doctor, Dr. Melanie Kaspar, died from the IV bags.

"There's no closure. My best friend is gone," said John Kaspar, Dr. Melanie Kaspar's widower, shortly after the verdict. "I don't think he ever looked me in the eye…It's almost like you have so many emotions you can't sift them out, you get flooded."

Take-Two Interactive has announced that it will lay off 5% of its workforce and cancel some of its games.

According to the GTA publisher, the move is to save around $165 million a year. The move that has already been approved by its board also calls for the company to find more ‘efficiencies’ across its business in order to boost profit margins.

In 2025, the publisher will launch arguably its most significant game ever, Grand Theft Auto 6, which is expected to bring in billions of dollars in revenue for the company. Its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto 5, sold $1 billion in units in a matter of days.

The company said in May 2023, it had 11,580 full-time employees worldwide as of March 2023.


The gaming industry is in a pretty bad shape if the publisher of the successful GTA Online has to layoff people and cancel games.

Broadcast TV is in trouble, and for a long time now, a lot of people have pointed to a new broadcast standard, ATSC 3.0, as the way it can be saved and finally compete against streaming, YouTube, and TikTok. And finally, after years of hype that failed to deliver, there’s an actual glimmer of hope for your local TV stations. Local news is about to get a lot more interactive.

Part of that’s because of Roxi, a company we covered back at CES. Then, the company was showing off an app that streamed music over the airwaves to your ATSC 3.0-outfitted TV and let you skip tracks, choose genres, and interact with it like you would a traditional smart TV app. Apparently, we weren’t the only ones utterly delighted by the technology Roxi showed off. CEO Rob Lewis told me last week he had broadcasters from all over the country (and from a few other countries as well) coming to his door eager to see the tech in action— including at least one literally banging on the door to get in.

From all of that came a partnership with Pearl TV, an organization of nearly every major broadcaster in the US, including: Sinclair, Scripps, Hearst, Nexstar, and Cox. But this new partnership isn’t for Roxi’s music app; it’s for the underlying technology, dubbed FastStream, that can allow people to essentially have a DVR for live TV, no additional hardware, Wi-Fi, or fees required.

The new partnership won’t be quite that expansive, but it will mean ATSC 3.0-equipped stations in the US will soon begin airing local news that you can skip through, pause, or even restart from the beginning. That’s still a small number of the TV stations in this country — ATSC 3.0 adoption has been slow so far — but the number is improving.

Attacks coming from nearly 4,000 IP addresses take aim at VPNs, SSH and web apps.

Cisco’s Talos security team is warning of a large-scale credential compromise campaign that’s indiscriminately assailing networks with login attempts aimed at gaining unauthorized access to VPN, SSH, and web application accounts.

The login attempts use both generic usernames and valid usernames targeted at specific organizations. Cisco included a list of more than 2,000 usernames and almost 100 passwords used in the attacks, along with nearly 4,000 IP addresses sending the login traffic. The IP addresses appear to originate from TOR exit nodes and other anonymizing tunnels and proxies. The attacks appear to be indiscriminate and opportunistic rather than aimed at a particular region or industry.

“Depending on the target environment, successful attacks of this type may lead to unauthorized network access, account lockouts, or denial-of-service conditions,” Talos researchers wrote Tuesday. “The traffic related to these attacks has increased with time and is likely to continue to rise.”

The attacks began no later than March 18.

Void Interactive, the developers behind Ready or Not, has been the victim of a massive data breach with over 4TB of data stolen. This includes over 2.1 million files in total.

The ransom group, which Insider Gaming has decided against mentioning the name of, announced in March that it had access to the data. Since then, however, Void Interactive has not mentioned any sort of breach or concern regarding Ready or Not.

As far as the legitimacy of the hack, Insider Gaming has been shown the contents of the files taken under the condition they aren’t republished. This data includes all of the Ready or Not source code. It also includes code for what appears to be console builds of the game as well as results of various performance tests.

Anti-Israel Google employees shout chants asking their boss, "How many kids did you kill today?"

Google employees are actively occupying the California office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian and refusing to leave until the company stops doing business with Israel, video live-streamed by the employees shows.

In a Twitch livestream titled “notech4apartheid,” Google employees can be seen donning keffiyehs and sitting on the floor in his office. On the 10th floor in the New York City Google office, where a simultaneous anti-Israel rally took place, employees carried anti-Israel signs, and shouted chants asking Kurian, “How many kids did you kill today?”

The protests were announced in internal emails to employees that shared a list of demands, including that Google drop its $1.2 billion contract with Israel for Project Nimbus, a cloud-computing project of the Israeli government, and the Israeli Defense Forces that contracts Google and Amazon for various services.

Demands also include that Google cease all “business with the Israeli apartheid government and military,” stop the “harassment, intimidation, bullying, and silencing,” of Palestinian and Muslim employees, and address the “health and safety crisis” among workers who are rattled over their labor being used to “enable a genocide.”

An 81-year-old man was charged with murder after police said he shot and killed an Uber driver after they were both targeted by a scammer.

On March 25, William Brock was called by an unknown person. The person told Brock he needed to pay a certain amount of money to bail out a family member who had been arrested, according to a news release from the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.

Brock and the unknown person spoke multiple times for a significant amount of time, officials said.

Then, at some point, Uber driver Loletha Hall arrived at Brock’s home to retrieve a package, according to the sheriff’s office.

Officials said Brock became suspicious and believed Hall was there to rob him. However, it was later learned Hall was also targeted in the scam, and the package delivery order was placed by the same person, or an accomplice, who had been making calls to Brock asking for money, officials said.

“Mr. Brock produced a gun and held (Hall) at gunpoint, making demands for identities of the subjects he had spoken with on the phone. He also demanded and took possession of her cell phone to prevent calls, and refused to allow Ms. Hall to leave,” officials said.


This is crazy all-around.

For centuries, goldsmiths have sought ways to flatten gold into ever finer forms. An approach based in modern chemistry has finally created a gold material that literally can't get any thinner, consisting of a single layer of atoms.

Sticking to the naming conventions of materials science, researchers have named this new two-dimensional material 'goldene', and it has some interesting properties not seen in the three-dimensional form of gold.

"If you make a material extremely thin, something extraordinary happens – as with graphene," explains materials scientist Shun Kashiwaya of Linköping University in Sweden.

"The same thing happens with gold. As you know, gold is usually a metal, but if single-atom-layer thick, the gold can become a semiconductor instead."